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War. It's as inevitable as breathing. Sometimes there are breaths between conflicts, short reprieves, and then those reprieves are shattered as war breaks out. As sons and daughters are sent out to die. As the true evils in the universe are revealed. Matthew Campbell, a young fisherman from a backwater world, finds himself thrown into the combine of war. He's tossed straight to the frontlines without any traditional military training, all he has to fall back on are the lessons from the life he is leaving. Join him as he fights to save a planet he has never been to. Read The Battle for ...

The fight for Allegra continues... Matthew Campbell, alongside everyone else in the Bulwark, are faced with a sudden assault from the Beets. Mudders are being killed left and right. Matthew is nowhere to be seen on the front. Will Matthew be able to get to the front in time to lead his soldiers to victory, or are they destined to die? Or will salvation come from somewhere else? Join Matthew as the fight for Allegra kicks into high gear! Read The Battle for Allegra: The Complete Season Two Omnibus today! This is an omnibus of books 11-20 in the series: The Battle for Allegra. All told, this ...

Life as a captain of a merchant ship was seldom exciting, but that didn't phase Ben Moriarty, a war veteran who was happy for the change of pace. But sometimes excitement finds you. For Ben Moriarty, that excitement is in the form of an alien invasion on a world he is making a delivery to. And that excitement will cost him dearly. Read Navigator today! ***Please note, this is a short story that is around 3,200 words. If you're interested in longer tales, I have full-length novels and other meatier works!***

Kill or Be Killed. Cliché? Yes. True? Even more so. Matthew was a 20-year-old fisherman. Now he's a soldier that is about to get thrown into the meat grinder of war. If that isn’t bad enough, he’s stuck on the frontlines while the rest of the Coalition’s army awaits a “master plan” that has yet to emerge. Even after over a month of aimless fighting. Will Matthew survive his first day on the front, despite his obvious lack of training? For years the Coalition figured that the only possible alien invasion would come from the Alexandrian Republic, not somewhere far beyond the ...

Nowhere is ever truly safe. The year is 2284 and wars are endemic across Coalition Space. Matthew Campbell was a fisherman before the Coalition arrived. All he had to worry about was bringing in the day’s catch. Now he is in the middle of a war that has already killed tens of thousands. Matthew makes all the wrong people angry and he finds himself in a "prime" spot on the frontlines. ...Without any traditional military training. It seems that everything he learned in his tiny fishing village and from his time on a fishing boat will have to be enough to keep him alive. The question is, ...

Alien worlds have a tendency of being unforgiving. People who take too long to learn that die, those who can adapt survive. Same as anywhere else in the galaxy. But there's also a bit of luck that comes into play for those that stay alive. Matthew's luck is looking up as he searches for the lost seeder ship that may or may not exist. All he has to go off of are old stories. Alas, his luck may just run out. Join Matthew as he fights to save Allegra! Seeder is the sixteenth book in the short story military sci-fi series The Battle for Allegra. Dive into this tale as new alien species are ...

Matthew found Marie, now can he get her to safety? After what seemed like an eternity, Matthew's finally saved Marie. In the time since she saw him last he's been through Hell. Not only that, but he's killed a lot more people than he ever thought he would. He's ready for some reprieve. On the other hand, Marie's been held against her will and has been forced to patch up the same Fulcrum soldiers who kidnapped her. Now two parties stand between them and their sought-after safety. The Fulcrum want to hunt them down and take revenge. The invading alien Beets are just willing to take whatever ...

Matthew's on a mission. Yet again, it isn't one of his choosing. This time around, he has to go deep behind enemy lines. However, this is his deepest incursion yet. He is joining a raid on the fallen city of Thessalonia. Of course, he's promised some great things in return for his help, but the risks may just be great enough that he questions the reward... Read The Battle for Allegra: More Harm Than Good today! More Harm Than Good is the twenty-second book in the sci-fi novelette series The Battle for Allegra. Join Matthew as he goes over the top and ventures into the killing fields. If you...

There's a secret beneath the Bulwark... It seems that the more time Matthew spends on the front the more things he finds. Sometimes those discoveries are enclaves of ancient AI killer robots, sometimes it's a bunker, and other times, it's something even more unexpected than all of that. In this case, that underground discovery is something that will change the way everyone in the Bulwark can live for the better. However, mystery surrounds it and its discovery opens up more questions than Matthew is ready for. Read on to find out what it is! Read The Battle for Allegra: Underground Today!! ...

Most see Bláan Tullius as a hero. Many see him as their savior. He sees himself as a man who isn't doing nearly enough to save the lives that he knows need saving. However, he isn't always allowed to do everything that he thinks he needs to do in order to stop slavers from trafficking people through his home, Amidst Station. There are just too many rules for him to save everyone. What drives him? Well, the slavers got his wife years ago and he still hasn't forgiven them for it. As he sees it, nothing can stop him. They'll have to kill him to make him stop. But that's just what he thought.....

The War Makers Are On Allegra Matthew is in for a very rude awakening. The Beets he has been fighting are not the only threat on Allegra. It seems the War Makers are on Allegra and they're proving themselves to be capable killers. Now Matthew has to deal with them. The War Makers are such fearsome foes that the Dawn Expeditionary Force leader, Legate Hamilton, has volunteered the service of his best men. Join Matthew as he fights to save Allegra! Warpath is the seventeenth book in the short story military sci-fi series The Battle for Allegra. Dive into this tale as new alien species are ...

The militia requested help in acquiring a new ship, Matthew's seeing to it that the job is finished. The job has taken Matthew and his team into Thessalonia, and Matthew isn't about to head back home after the job is done after going this far. He's got questions that need answering and he's got Beets to kill. And there's a chance that some of his friends from Crail are in the city too! Read The Battle for Allegra: Acquisition today! Acquisition is the twenty-third book in the sci-fi novelette series The Battle for Allegra. Join Matthew as he goes over the top and ventures into the killing ...

War has come to Alai's homeworld and she is powerless to prevent it. All she can do is watch. All she can do is worry. Looking to her husband, Alia hopes beyond all hope that he might be able to deliver her, but she is convinced that it's too late... Read Falling Skies today! ***Please note, this is a short story that is around 1,000 words. If you're interested in longer tales, I have full-length novels and other meatier works!***

Never take peace for granted. The Beets have fallen silent and Matthew is doing all he can to fortify the Bulwark for their next attack that may or may not come. He's got a lot of work to do and he doesn't know how much time he has to do it. Will Matthew manage to take the Bulwark from a putrid mess of mud and turn it into a respectable front before the Beets strike next? Read The Battle for Allegra: Fortify today! Fortify is the fourteenth book in the alien invasion space opera The Battle for Allegra. Dive into this thrilling story that is filled with all sorts of sci-fi tech, warfare, and...

Wars have a way of dragging on, and sometimes you need a safe harbor. A Sanctuary, if you will. Having reclaimed the stolen mech, Firefly, Matthew is now concerned with saving Marie. After all, she saved him. He's bound by honor to do the same in return. With the twins Alois and Louise at his side, Matthew reasons that the odds are stacked in his favor. Problem is, they aren't. Join Matthew as he fights to save Allegra! Sanctuary is the sixth book in the short story military sci-fi series The Battle for Allegra. Dive into this thrilling story that is filled with all sorts of sci-fi warfare....

When aliens invade Allegra, those who know what's best for them make a run for it. However, not everyone runs to the safest places. Some end up finding hidden dangers and secrets. Hreve and Horton are two of these unfortunate people. Beneath the Black Forest on Allegra there is a hidden, alien secret. Read The World Beneath today! ***Please note, this is a short story that is around 6,000 words. If you're interested in longer tales, I have full-length novels and other meatier works!***

Bart Collier was counting the days he had left before he was done with his military service. He thought he was just about done. Then aliens invade Allegra. Now Bart is fighting for his life and to save those who also call Allegra home. Will he be able to make a difference? Read Behind Enemy Lines today! ***Please note, this is a short story that is around 10,300 words. If you're interested in longer tales, I have full-length novels and other meatier works!***

Things always go wrong when you try to be God. In the case of Reinhardt Base, the Coalition's attempts have now cost them an entire planet. Now the survivors are just trying to get out with their lives. Can they do it? Read Flight From Reinhardt today!

There's a lost world in the mountains. West of the Bulwark, a valley lies almost untouched by humanity, despite Allegra's long history of being colonized. There are stories of horrible beasts and other terrifying things in this forested valley. These stories became the basis of the name for the area: the Black Forest. Just like the tales of the Black Forest on Earth, this Black forest is supposed to have creatures that can kill man, woman, and child. And Matthew is about to check it all out. Read The Battle for Allegra: Fortify today! Black Forest is the fifteenth book in the alien invasion...

Francis Reedsburg is a copper miner on a big old nothing of a planet named Raudona Akiratis. The closest thing he's used to when it comes to action is wait for ore pickups to occur--or at least it used to be that way. The miners in the San Sebastian Copper Mine have been finding odd bits and pieces from a race many call the War Makers. And it seems that they've finally awakened something... Read The Pillars today! ***Please note, this is a short story that is around 2,900 words. If you're interested in longer tales, I have full-length novels and other meatier works!***